Drivers Standings
| 1972 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Lotus-Ford | 61 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 |  Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford | 45 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford | 39 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 |  Peter Revson |
McLaren-Ford | 23 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 |  Francois Cevert |
Tyrrell-Ford | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mike Hailwood |
Surtees-Ford | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chris Amon |
Matra | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Jean Pierre Beltoise |
BRM | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Mario Andretti |
Ferrari | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Howden Ganley |
BRM | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Brian Redman |
BRM & McLaren-Ford | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Graham Hill |
Brabham-Ford | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Ford | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 |  Andrea de Adamich |
Surtees-Ford | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jose Carlos Pace |
March-Ford | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  Tim Schenken |
Surtees-Ford | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Arturo Merzario |
Ferrari | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Peter Gethin |
BRM | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wilson Fittipaldi |
Brabham-Ford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  Niki Lauda |
March-Ford | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Helmut Marko |
BRM | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Mike Beuttler |
March-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Henri Pescarolo |
March-Ford & Politoys-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dave Walker |
Lotus-Ford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Jody Scheckter |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 |  Rolf Stommelen |
March-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Reine Wisell |
BRM & Lotus-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Sam Posey |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Nanni Galli |
Ferrari & Tecno | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 |  John Love |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Skip Barber |
March-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 |  Alex Soler-Roig |
BRM | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 |  Bill Brack |
BRM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Dave Charlton |
Lotus-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Derek Bell |
Tecno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Francois Migault |
Connew-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Jackie Oliver |
BRM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | John Surtees |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only the best five scores from the first six races and the best five scores from the remaining races counted towards the championship | ||||||||||
| Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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